The 31-year-old man, the mastermind of a network of scammers who siphoned 300 thousand euros from just over a dozen victims by sending SMS messages to the (fictitious) name Via Verde demanding payment of debts, was arrested this Wednesday by German authorities in Hamburg at the request of the joint venture.
He was not caught in February, when the SP detained seven more members of the criminal network, who were in pre-trial detention at the time. From October to December 2022 alone, hundreds of SMS messages about false debts were sent to Via Verde (Brisa).
The messages were linked, and victims who accessed them entered the application where they transferred money to the scammers. The investigation is still ongoing. The leader was arrested and extradited to Portugal.